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JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

Corrupt official features in ministry brochure

A former secretary at the Japanese Embassy in Kenya who was punished for embezzling money via false expense claims is depicted in Foreign Ministry recruitment brochures as a diligent worker, sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2001

For NYSE, worse may be still to come

Although calm has returned to the New York Stock Exchange, further volatility appears inevitable in the near term amid uncertainty about the scope of U.S. military action against terrorism.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2001

Minister to discuss forex concerns

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa will hold bilateral talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill in Washington on Saturday before attending a meeting the same day of finance ministers and central banks governors from the Group of Seven major economic powers.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

Archaeologist exposed again

Disgraced archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura, who previously admitted to planting pieces of Paleolithic tools at two sites in northern Japan, has also admitted faking discoveries at at least 30 sites in the Tohoku region and Saitama Prefecture, archaeological association sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

UNHCR seeks more aid as Afghan crisis looms

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is urging Japan to make further financial contributions to help with the expected influx of Afghan refugees into Pakistan and other neighboring countries, a top UNHCR official said.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

Japan, Russia set talks for Tuesday

Japan and Russia will hold vice-ministerial talks Tuesday in Tokyo as part of an effort to push forward negotiations for concluding a peace treaty, which has long been thwarted by a territorial dispute over four islands off Hokkaido, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

New word sought for schizophrenia

Mental illness support group Zenkaren on Sunday will start soliciting the public for a new Japanese term for schizophrenia to help eliminate the strong prejudice associated with the debilitating disorder, Zenkaren officials said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2001

Japanese, ASEAN execs mull China, terror attacks

The annual meeting between business leaders from Japan and six of the 10 ASEAN countries began Thursday in Tokyo.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 5, 2001

Tigers keep Swallows tied up

Hanshin closer Toshihide Narimoto struck out Noriyuki Shiroishi with two out and one on in the bottom of the 12th inning and Thursday's game against the Tigers and the Yakult Swallows ended a 4-4 tie at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium.
SPORTS / TALK OF THE TIMES
Oct 5, 2001

Rhodes finds formula for success in Japan

American Tuffy Rhodes is the senior-most foreign pro baseball player in Japan, currently completing his sixth season with the newly crowned Pacific League champion Kintetsu Buffaloes. The 33-year-old Rhodes, who played for the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox during his six-year major-league...
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

Survey barks up nation's giant trees

Japan is home to a total of 64,479 "giant trees," with the largest specimen -- located at a temple in Kamo, Kagoshima Prefecture -- boasting a girth of 24.22 meters, according to an Environment Ministry survey released Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2001

Nissan, MMC in parts alliance

Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have agreed to jointly develop and produce automatic transmissions, continually variable transmission systems (CVT) and other auto parts, officials of the two companies said Thursday.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 5, 2001

Open your ears to nature's rainbow of sound

In Japan, autumn fills nature, not only with visual colors, but also with "colorful" sounds: blowing wind, birdsong, the chirping of insects and the crunching of leaves.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

Aso pushes to give SDF extra firepower

The Self-Defense Forces should be allowed to use heavy firearms to protect troops participating in any U.S.-led antiterrorism operation, the LDP's top policymaker said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2001

Brokerages expect to log dismal profits

Major Japanese securities houses are likely to report sharp profit falls for the just-ended fiscal first half, because plummeting stock prices have dampened trading, especially by individuals, industry officials said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

Back taxes hit Pioneer head's family

The family of Seiya Matsumoto, the late chairman of Pioneer Corp., failed to declare 600 million yen in income after inheriting his assets, industry sources said Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 5, 2001

Suzuki stuns Chang; Hewitt routs Russell

Compiled from wire reports Surprising Takao Suzuki upset sixth-seeded Michael Chang of the United States in straight sets Thursday to become the first Japanese male player in 13 years to advance to the quarterfinals of the AIG Japan Open.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

A-bomb survivor sues state for lost medical benefits

OSAKA -- A South Korean man filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Japanese government, seeking compensation for the termination of his medical benefits as an atomic bomb survivor on the grounds that he left Japan to return home, his lawyers said.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2001

Tokyo study links fatalities with vehicle exhaust output

Researchers from the National Institute for Environmental Studies have found a direct correlation between the death rates of Tokyo residents and the density of suspended particulate matter emitted in exhaust fumes from diesel cars and factories.
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Oct 5, 2001

Praying mantis

MORE SPORTS
Oct 5, 2001

Deers remain on course for title

Kazuyoshi Suzuki completed 19 of 27 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Kajima Deers to a 21-7 victory over the Fujitsu Frontiers in X League East Division action Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Oct 5, 2001

The makings of a body beautiful

Although this sport is relatively new to Japan, bodybuilding is experiencing a growing popularity -- even among young women. This popularity is due, in part, to the presence of competitors like Fiona Millines.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2001

Toyota, Honda were top sellers in first half of fiscal '01

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. were the clear leaders in terms of best-selling vehicles in the Japanese market in the first half of fiscal 2001, an industry association said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

NPA says assault team braced for terrorism

The National Police Agency is prepared to mobilize its special counterterrorism unit in the event that U.S. facilities and other designated locations in Japan come under threat of terrorist attack, NPA officials said Wednesday. Should concrete information about a potential attack become known, the Special...
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

Maglev project OK'd for Aichi

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry on Wednesday approved a third-sector company project to build a commercial maglev train line in Aichi Prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2001

Bureau nabs 13 over illegal entry

The Tokyo Immigration Bureau on Wednesday detained 13 Afghan and Pakistani nationals in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture on suspicion of violating the Immigration Control Law.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan issues first-ever alert over risk of Nankai Trough megaquake
Naoshi Hirata, chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday evening.
Magnitude 5.3 quake strikes Kanto region
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Kanto region on Friday evening.
Japanese urged to avoid panic-buying as megaquake fears spread
A sign says "bottled water is being rationed, with a cap of one case (six bottles) per each customer" in a supermarket in Sumida district of Tokyo on Saturday.
Tsunami advisory lifted after strong quake jolts Kyushu
A tsunami advisory, shown in yellow, was issued following an earthquake in Kyushu on Tuesday afternoon.
No sumo tickets? No problem. Here are some other ways to take in the sport.
Wrestlers battle during the national women's championships in Osaka in 2018. Amateur sumo is a great way to experience the sport for tourists who are unable to get tickets to professional tournaments.
The definitive guide to Utagawa Hiroshige's masterwork is a feast for the eyes
Utagawa Hiroshige produced several highly successful series of landscape prints over the course of his career, including “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” — the largest collection of his career.
From the Bronx to Paris: Breaking set for its Olympic close-up
Shigekix, whose real name is Shigeyuki Nakarai, in action during the world championships in Leuven, Belgium, in September
Kishida looks to constitutional reform to win over LDP conservatives
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting of a Liberal Democratic Party panel on constitutional reform in Tokyo on Wednesday.
In sleepy Chichibu, Japan's whisky landscape is quietly shifting
Founded in the early 2000s, Ichiro's Malt has since become a third pole in Japan's whisky world dominated by beverage giants.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even through immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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